Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: From the lab to the clinic setting

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 415-420

  Terra, Vera C ^a   Cysneiros, Roberta ^b   Cavalheiro, Esper A ^c   Scorza, Fulvio A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Risk factors; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL HCN1; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL HCN2; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL HCN3; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL HCN4; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNH2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

APNEA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BABOON; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COLD CLIMATE; DRUG FATALITY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SUDDEN DEATH; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84875267305     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.12.018     Document Type: Review

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